Tire



i I gwwmtoz @2572! 13203 Patented June 1, 1926.

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j rai es ear r: caries- JOHN TALOS, F AKRON, OHIO.

TIRE.

Application filed September 4, 1923. Serial No. 660,946.

The invention relates to a cushion tire and provided between the blocks6, as shown. more particularly to a cushion tire provided Each of theblocks abuts against and is sewith metallic springs. cured to the wall 7of the chamber and The usual types of cushion tires are not further eachblock is flush at its inner end t sul'liciently resilient to counteractor absorb with the cylindrical edges of the casing heavy road shocks andthus even though Each of the blocks conforms in contour to they are notsubject to blow-outs or puncthe cross sectional shape throughout of thetures such as are pneumatic tires they are chamber formed by the casing5. Metallic not as satisfactory as the pneumatic type. springs 8 areformed in the resilient blocks rt 10 This is due to the "fact thatcushion tires are ('3 and have their inner ends 9 flush with the usuallyso constructed that they are either inner end of the block 6 and bearingon the too solid to absorb any shock or too soft wheel rim 10. The outerends 11 of the and non-resilent to counteract the road springs 8 are soformed in the resilient shocks and readily expand when one shock blocks6 as to bear against the inner face ill:

is passed. of the tread portion of the casing 5.

A particular disadvantage of cushion tires In constructing tireaccording to my in provided with metallic springs is that open v-entionthe springs 8 are formed in the moving parts are thus provided which areblocks 6 when expanded and while the very liable to become broken orloosened, blocks are being molded. The blocks 6 are to :0 thus hamperingthe act-ion of the tire. fixed to the inner wall 7 of the casing 5 Animportant object of the present inwhen the casing and blocks aresubjected to vent-ion is to provide a cushion tire which the usualcuring process. This makes for j is so constructed that it will absorband a unitary structure and one in which there counteract all road shoeis and which will are no open moving parts. 75

be fully as resilient as the usual pneumatic It w'll be seen that a verystrongly conti re. structed tire is thus provided and one which Afurther object of the invention is to so is quite resilient. The roadshocks will be arrange the metallic springs in the tire that absorbed bythe rubber casing; and the they are practically integral with the rubberresilient blocks 6 but only relatively hard so so portions of the tire.road shocks will altogether compress the Qther objects and advantages oithe in casing and blocks because the springs 8 will vention will appearin the following specifialways tend to hold the rubber parts of thecation, reference being; had to the accomtire expanded and when anyshock is enpanying drawing, in which countered and passed the springs 8will imso Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view Inediately again forcethe rubber parts to through the tire, expanded position, much morereadily than lligure 2 is a transverse section taken on if the rubberblocks alone were relied upon the line 2 201E Figure 1, and for thispurpose.

"Figure 3 is a transverse section taken on As many springs may beprovided in each ea 40 the line 3-3 of Figure 1. block 6 as may bedesired, depending enla the drawings, wherein similar reference tirelyupon the weight or capacity of the numerals designatelike partsthroughout vehicle on which the tire is to be used.

the views, the numeral 5 indicates a tire I claim:

easing of the type generally employed in A tire comprismg a casingproviding an -15 pneumatic tires and which provides an anannular chamberopen throughout at its nular chamber open at its inner side to per innerside, spaced resilient solid blocks mit of access being had thereto.Resilient mounted within and secured throughout to blocks 6, preferablyformed of rubber, are the wall of said chamber, each of said blockssecured to the wall 7 of the chamber formed of the same cross sectionalshape throughby the casing 5 and are circumferentially out as the crosssectional shape of said chamspaced therein so that air spaces 12 will beher, said blocks having their inner ends flush with the inner edges ofsaid casing and each further adapted to have its inner end throughoutbeer directly upon a, tire rim, and a plurality of spaced expandedcoiled springs embedded in an expanded position in each of said blocks,the coil of each of said springs at the outer end thereof bearingdirectly against the inner face of the casing at the tread portionthereof and each of said springs further adapted to have the 10 coil atthe inner end thereof bear directly upon the tire rim.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

JOHN TALOS.

